I agree that Microsoft does have an unfair advantage in this sense,
but anyone who is at all tech-savvy can uninstall windows and replace
it with whatever they like.
You make the assumption that given the choice, people would choose
Linux and probably Ubuntu 9 times out of 10. I don't think this i
Yeah, good plan.
So how do we make this happen?
2008/7/9 Stephan van Ingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> That's a conrete constructive suggestion: *organize this*! If hundreds of
> volunteers spend a few minutes per day being active on such a 'channel' this
> can be revolutionary! :-)
> I join, *show me
val with it for you...
>
> I don't have any objections against bundling or pre-installing stuff as
> long as I'm free to get the same hardware without the burden of license
> fees for system I'm not gonna use, but which nobody is willing to sell
> the machine without
The most obvious advantage of open source software is that we can make
use of all sorts of community networks and products and build on them
for free. Without having to jump through any proprietary hoops. We can
build on open standards and the experience of millions, which is all
open and freely av
@Vadim Peretokin
You mean get companies to write proprietary software for Linux? (Like
how ID software made Quake for Linux).
That's going to be controversial... More below:
@ Simon Lugi
Don't be put off by Allen. He's obviously just got offended by
something you said. Maybe cos you called him a
I don't think education is particularly the issue. Windows is no more
ubiquitous in schools and universities than it is in every other area.
In my first IT class I was taught on an Acorn, but before that I had
learned to use Windows because that is what my dad had on all our
computers. Then I went
@ Rooker:
Okay, point taken.
If people we educated in the first place to use Linux (e.g. Ubuntu ;))
then a whole new generation of people would be more open-minded. It is
a good point. However, I still feel like most people teach themselves
the important computer skills. They main learn to use Mic
much more smooth. I assumed this was due to the
limitations in OpenGL... Obviously not.
Thanks for correcting me. Incidentally, do you know of any good
articles on the subjects? The comparative technical capabilities of
each?
Cheers,
Robin.
2008/7/12 BUGabundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Olá
Jawahar is absolutely right. Although this is by no means Ubuntu's only
problem.
@Amir - he's talking about priorities in the design of their operating
system, not business strategies. The cynical "people only use windows
because they are forced to" view is really starting to bug me.
Very few peo
Yes it is a gem. And you could then integrate it into the Ubuntu
operating system. Like when a program has an error, because of failed
dependencies or anything, there could be a link to say "click here for
live support via ubuntu.com" or something.
So, how do we get people actually working on this
Surely that shouldn't be too hard?
Don't we have some sort of Ubuntu support IRC channel? You must be
able to write an IRC application for a website so that you can chat in
the IRC chat room via the website... or something? That would be good
for support.
2008/7/16 jawahar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
Once again, I think it makes sense, for the sake of clarity, to keep
these point separated into priorities in operating system design and
priorities in business strategy, as they're obviosly completely
separate, and the point jawahar was trying to make was about the
operating system design. So:
Mi
I have the same problem. Nothing complex, I simply create a new folder,
share it (right click -> sharing options) with all the boxes ticked, but
the share isn't there. Permissions are correct, I'm in the sambashare
group etc. Using up to date Hardy Heron 8.04 LTS.
Robin.
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[Hardy] Can't share f
I found this post: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/118877
-samba-hardy.html - and when I did what they did and replaced my
smb.conf with a skeleton one it did work properly, which suggests that
there is an error in the way that Ubuntu handles the Samba conf file.
Just to clarigy, I ha
Presumably, although they are scarce, there are some retailers who do
deliberately sell new computers with distros of Linux on them, and in
some cases Ubuntu. I even read near the top that there was a provider in
Brazil was it? - that provided computers with customized Ubuntu on it -
and that was t
>From http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4884372#post4884372:
The "Sharing options" still don't work, but I did manage to share
folders properly through shares-admin (Alt+F2 -> 'shares-admin' -> run).
I ended up adding 'shares-admin' to the System->Administration menu.
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I have the problem exactly as described in this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1121951, on a
Thinkpad X1 Carbon. Is that definitely the same as this bug? If so, I'm
happy to test kernel versions, if someone shows me how.
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Title:
Regression in brightness control on Lenovo Thinkpad X230 (+tablet) a
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